Fountain pen



Dec. s, 1925. J; ,J VANECEK 1,564,801

FOUNTAIN PEN Filed March 18, 1925 attente/ Patented 8,

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i To all whom it 'may 0oncem:. v

.Be it known that I, JOHN J.l VANEGEK,

- fa' citizen of the United States; residing at Cleveland, in the county of'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Pens,

-ily and quickl v'quantity of in Y of which the following is a.specifieation, Thisinvention relates tol improvements in fountain pens having for an object the Y vv13 .whose function will be hereinafteraprovision of a structure which may easeleaned andwherein the may be ascertained when desired.

Another bject is to provide a. fountain pen in which the ink -reservoir is removable with a suction bulb by means of which'the 1 reservoir may be lled from an ordinary A further object is to eliminate entirely the necessityv for .inserting the pen carrying' end of a fountain peninto an ink bottle in ordery to fill the reservoir.

'-It is likewise an object to generally snim-` j plify fountain pen construction and at the same time provide means for accommodating a materially greatenquantity. of ink thereon set out the preferred the same.

than in the average pen.

Other objects will be in partobvious andin part` ointed outliereinafter.

In or er that the invention and itsA mode of operation ma be readily'understood by persons skilled in theA art, I have in. the

accompanying illustrative drawings, and'in the following detailedv description' based embodimentfof Figure 1 is a verticalv longitudinal section of a fountain' pen constructed in accordproved fountain ance with my invention, the cap being .re-

moved and shown in e1evation;

Figure -2 is aside elevation of my impen with' 'the filling bulb cover detached# z' Figure 3 is a side elevation of the lfilling bulb and ink reservoir;

Figure 4" is a detail view of the ink reser voi1 r retaining member; and 1 stantially on the' line 5- 5 of Figure 2.'

Similar charactersof reference designate similar parts throughout.

This improved fountain pen may be constructed of any preferred material and comprises a barrel' 6 having one end externally threaded as at 7 for engagement with intecontained in the reservoir yielda le ssringiiiigeru 1 7.

re 5 is a sectional viewv taken subafpuemon fusi inrenjia, reas.' sensi' infimes.; A l

tects the pen- 9.

. This p en 9 is carried byaholderjl() Whose inner end 11 is reduced in diameter and externally threaded to be en parent.

The barrel 6 has a -oounterbore 14 Iwhich pro vides'a shoulder 15 against whicha metal ring r11-:collar 16 fof a reservoir retaining' member bears.' Th'efouter end of this collar or rin 16 integrally carries a pair of curved I n provi capacity and'ca'pa'ble of ready removal from the barrel 6-`I1employ a structure closely f resembling 1the"us ual eye dropper. lThey reservoir 18 consistsof an' 'elongated glassY tube tapering at one fend 1.9v for fittingv in the tapered o en1ng 13 of the previously mentioned gas et 12."A This tapered 'end 19 has an openin 20'to` permit injection and 4 eection of 4in The opposite and. Aofthe ass tube or reservoir 18,v is reduced to orm a neck 21 and is then flared out wardly as lshown at 22 -vvherebyl the ,soft rubber mation on the filling bulb. Figure 3 shows 'this structure and reference. to Figure 1 it is seen that this lin bulb and reservoir v arearrangeable in fixe relation to the barrel -throul snug engagement ofthe curved yieldable gers 17 in the 'reduced neck portion. In theI osition shown in Figure 1 will be noted It e gasket 12 cushions lthe glass tube and prevents passage of air or v ink into the barrel 6., Obviously the pro'- portionate sizes of the filling bulb and'glass reservoir are such as to 'permit complete 100 lfilling ofthe glass tube.A In a structure as herein described it is quite clear thatitwill be unnecessary to insert the pen into an ink bottle in order to fill the reservoir. Insteadv of the usual procedure 105 J I remove the filling bulb cover or cap 25 and then o'rasg the neck ortion between the yieldable ngers 17 an withdraw the glass tube 18 from the barrel 6. I then take lthe removed portionl completelv illustrated in 110 opposite end of,l the` fountain :pen

ing an-ink reservoir ofv unusual 1 'l filling bulb 23 may be securely-em;4 i gaged over said neck through the neck for' v Figure 3 and fill the glass tube 18 in the the barrel, a filling bulb fixed to one end of '35 Y, 2. A'ffountain pen comprising a f en, an lnk reservoir removably 'arranged Manifestly, the construction shown isl capable of certain modification and such modification as may fall 4within' the scope off' the'jappended' claims, Iv consider Within .the s iritoffmy invention. 7

aim: l y 1'.'A fountain penv comprising a barrel, a

penyan ink reservoir removably arranged 1n the barrel, a filling bulb fixed to the reserv'oirr andremovable therewith, and meansfor holding thebulb and reservoirin fixed. relation tothe barrel.

barrel, a

in' th'ebarrel, a llin bulb fixed to the reservoir l and remova le therewith, spring means arranged to releasably hold the bulb and reservoir in fixed relation to the barrel.

3. A fountain pen comprising, a barrel, a pen, an ink reservoir removablyv arranged in' the reservoir, and spring fingers carried by `thebarrel to releasably retain,A the bulb and reservoir inthe barrel. I A

4, A. lfountain pencompnsmg a barrel, a

pen, an ink reservoir removably arranged in the barrel, a filling bulb, lsaid reservoir having a reduced neck at one end to fit into the 4.0 bulb, and yieldable fingers arran ed tm into the neck portion and releasal 5. .A fountain pen comprising, a barrel, a ring-like gasket near one end, a reservoir having a ta ered open end seatable in the gasket, are uced neck portion at the other. end of the reservoir, a filling bulb havingone end fitted over said neck portion, and` means engaging the neck portion to releasably retain the reservoir and bulb in fixed j relation to the barrel.

6.v A fountain pen comprising, a barrel, a 'y ring-like gasket near one end, a reservoir havingv a ltapered open end seatable inthe gasket, a reduced .neck portion at the other end of the reservoir, `a iilling bulb having one end fitted over said neck ortion, and, spring means engaging the nec portion toy releasably retainthe reservoir and bulb in fixed relation to the barrel. l v

7. A fountain pen comprising, a barrel, a Y ring-like gasket near one end, a reservoir having a tapered open end seatable inthe gasket, a, reduced neck portion at the other 05 end of the reservoir, a filling bulb having one end fitted over-said neck portion, avcollar carried by the barrel, andsprin'g fingers engageable in said neckfpo'rtion to releasably retain the reservoir'and bulb in fixed rela- 70 tion to the barrel.

In testimony whereof, I aiiixf my signa-V ture.

y JOHN J. VANECEK'.

1y retain s Athe reservoir and bulb in the barrel. 

